I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

W.B.Yeats

Photograph by Serena Becroft




A GUIDED TOUR

The Puerto Rico College of Architects and Landscape
Architects has been around for 37 years promoting
professional excellence, helping to improve the
environment, and fostering the island's urban heritage.

Its latest initiative seeks to familiarize the public with
the island's urban patrimony. The group recently kicked
off a series of guided tours to each of the 12 historical
zones in Puerto Rico. During each visit, participants take
in the buildings and streets within the historical zone while
gaining valuable insights on the designation and the
history of each city in which the zone is located.

Sign up for the next guided tour on Feb. 27. It will focus
on Ponce, Puerto Rico's second largest city also romantically
known as La Perla del Sur (Pearl of the South). There is a
fee of $10 that covers the written material and map
you will receive. You're on your own getting to Ponce
but once there participants meet up at a convened spot.

For more information, call the Colegio de Arquitectos
y Arquitectos Paisajistas at 787.724.1213. The
organization is based in a beautiful house in one of
San Juan's older neighborhoods at 225 Calle del
Parque. It is well worth a visit.

 "Certain memories...rise from somewhere
 in the depths of what we call memory.
Like balloons, these memories are light
and bright and irretrievable..."    Azar Nafisi


  ☞  A SIMPLE TIP

How many times have you used a public bathroom only
to discover that there are no paper towels to dry your hands
or the hand dryer machine is out service? Be prepared for
this inconvenience by always carrying a small hand towel:
it fits easily inside a bag and will always come in handy.


LUCI SOLAR LIGHT

Imagine an inflatable, super bright light that needs
no batteries: all it requires is sunlight to stay charged.

MPowerd is the New York-based company behind this product
which is marketed under the name of Luci. There are several
versions of Luci, the most inexpensive being Luci EMRG,
a collapsible lantern, flashlight and emergency light all-in-one.
It is waterproof, lightweight and, according to its maker,
extremely durable (last up to 10 years). Price: $9.99.

As a socially conscious company, MPowerd also has a program
that enables people to donate a light to people living in parts of
the world that lack electricity

www.mpowerd.com

Those afternoons that would never vanish, all ended.

James Salter, "Light Years"


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